One-piece rail tie



Sept. &, 1925; 1 ,-55z,7 3

1.. SARGEANT ONEPIECE RAIL TIE Filed NOV. 20. 1923 IN VENTOR. Leonardiiargeant ATTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 8, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

i LEONARD SARGEANT, 0F FAIRMQNT, WEST VIRGINIA.

ONE-PIECE RAIL TIE.

Applicationifiled Novmeber 20, 1923. Serial No. 675,922.

To all 207mm it may com/cm:

Be it known that I, LEONARD SARGEANT,

a citizen of the United States, residing at mines or other industrialplants where it is desirable to occasionally move the road including'theties, to new positions.

One of the objects of the invention is to produce a one-piece tie. Thisis verydesirable in constructions of this character since there are noloose parsto be lost in disaissembling and assembling the, tram roaAnother objectof the invention is to pro-- duce a tie of any suitableshape forged from a single piece-of; metal at the smallest cost and withthe least expenditure of time and labor.

lVith these and otheriobjects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in the noveli'eatureshereinafter described in detail, illustratcd in theaccompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top view showing two ties with rails clamped thereon.

Fig. 2 is a side view of one end of a tie and the manner in which itclamps the rail. i

In the drawing lrepresents a tie 'and2 the rails. Each tie comprises abody portion between its ends, and near one end a clip 3 may be forgedor otherwise produced in the tie by doubling up a portion of the tie andthen looping the bent u'p portion over to one side to form the clip 3adapted to lipld the portion 4 of an ordinary rail flange, the railresting on the'portion 5 ofthe tie.

The portion 5 is continued beyond the railflange and bent up to form a100 6.

To strengthen the tie, it may be provided with flanges 7 or the flangesmay be omitted if desired. I

Between the loop 6 and theupstanding web of the rail a wedge block 8 maybe driven to securely hold the rail to the tie, the wedge block restingagainst the web 9 of the rail and ordinarily on the flanged portion 10thereof and in the hollow of the loop 6.

To disassemble a tram road constructed in accordance with my invention,it is only necessary to drive out the wedge block 8 with a hammer orother suitable instrument and then moving the rail to the left in Fig. 2when the rails may be lifted oil the ties.

- It will be observed that my tie is already 'in one piece, there beingno separable parts to get lost or misplaced when the road is taken up tobe removed to another position as is common in this kind of trani road.

The advantages of the construction are apparent to those skilled in theart and need not be further specifically pointed out.

What I'claim is:

1. A wide flat tram road tie having its entire body portion bent nearone end to form a clip to extend over and come in contact with the topof the flange of a rail but terminating some distance from the web ofthe rail, the end of the tie being bent upwardly, then inwardly towardthe rail to form a loop and wedge block adapted to rest in the looppartly under the end of the tie and above the rail flange to hold therail flange in the. embrace of said clip.

A tram road tie comparatively wide and flat on itstop and having flangeson either side to strengthen the flat tie and. to extend into the groundbeneath the tie, said tie having its entire body portion bent near oneend to form a clip to extend over and come in contact with the top ofthe flange of a rail, but terminating some distance from the web of therail, the end of the tie being bent upwardly and inwardly toward therail to form a loop, and a wedge block resting in the loop partly underthe end of the tie and above the rail flange to hold the railfiange inthe embrace of LEONARD SARGEANT.

